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Mpox virus can spread by any skin-to-skin contact, airborne contact in proximity – like COVID-19 – and even from contaminated surfaces and objects such as bedding, clothing, and cooking utensils. (www.savethechildren.org.uk)

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[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

[–] WayeeCool@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Up side is central African countries are extremely good at containing outbreaks once identified. It's the reason most of those countries handled COVID better than any European or American countries. Outbreaks of hemorrhagic fevers like ebola (horrific way to die, traumatic to witness) have a way of causing the type of mass psychological trauma that teaches entire generations to take shit seriously.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Also because of the sheer amount of doctors and researchers in the region tracking the disease and immediately isolating anyone infected.

One of the few good things about the UN. Their epidemiology teams and field clinics are invaluable and save the lives of hundreds of thousands a year. Genuinely good people risking their lives to better humanity.

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago

The United Nations is a good model, it's just bogged down by capitalism. I think a future socialist equivalent of the United Nations would be awesome.